“All things have been entrusted to me by my Father and no one [truly] knows the Son except the Father. And neither does anyone [truly] know the Father except the Son and that person to whom the Son wants to reveal Him.
1 John 2:23 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition) Every person who denies [the truth about] the Son [See 4:2-3], does not have the Father [living in his heart]; but, the person who confesses [the truth about] the Son has the Father [living in his heart] also. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: (but) he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition No one who [habitually] denies (disowns) the Son even has the Father. Whoever confesses (acknowledges and has) the Son has the Father also. American Standard Version (1901) Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: he that confesseth the Son hath the Father also. Common English Bible Everyone who denies the Son does not have the Father, but the one who confesses the Son has the Father also. Catholic Public Domain Version No one who denies the Son also has the Father. Whoever confesses the Son, also has the Father. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father. He that confesseth the Son, hath the Father also. |
“All things have been entrusted to me by my Father and no one [truly] knows the Son except the Father. And neither does anyone [truly] know the Father except the Son and that person to whom the Son wants to reveal Him.
Everything has been handed over to me by my Father and no one knows the Son except the Father. And [no one knows] the Father except the Son and whatever person the Son wants to reveal Him to.”
And they will do these things because they have not known [either] the Father or me.
And this is never ending life; that people may know you [as] the only true God, and Jesus Christ, the One whom you have sent.
so that everyone will honor the Son just as they honor the Father. The person who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him.
So, the Jewish authorities said to Him, “Where is your father?” Jesus answered; “You people do not know me or my Father. If you [did] know me, you would know my Father also.”
Who is the liar? It is the person who denies that Jesus [truly] is the Christ [i.e., God’s specially chosen One]. This person is the antichrist [See verse 18]; he is the one who denies [the truth about] the Father and the Son.
Whoever proclaims that Jesus is the Son of God, God [continually] lives in that person’s heart, and he lives in [fellowship with] God [See 2:23].
Here is how to know [who is speaking from] the Holy Spirit of God: Every spirit [i.e., person] who proclaims that Jesus Christ has come [to earth] in a physical body is [speaking] from God. [See I Cor. 12:3].
Every person who believes that Jesus is the Christ [i.e., God’s specially chosen one] has been [spiritually] conceived [and eventually born] by God. And everyone who [continually] loves God, who did the conceiving, also [must continually] love the person whom God has [spiritually] conceived.
And [in addition], we know that the Son of God has come [in a physical body, See 4:2] and has given us understanding, so that we can know the True One [i.e., God], and that we are in [fellowship with] the True One, even His Son Jesus Christ. This Son is the true God and eternal life.